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Newspaper Posts: 08/25/09
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My take on the events happening around us. Tuesday, August 25, 2009. Crisis @ BJP (From Bad to worse): The expulsion of Jaswant Singh. Http:/ newspaper-posts.blogspot.com/2009/06/is-it-time-for-bjp-and-left-to-rift.html. Http:/ newspaper-posts.blogspot.com/2009/06/bjp-imploding-part-i-lack-of-coherent.html. Http:/ newspaper-posts.blogspot.com/2009/06/bjp-imploding-part-ii-lack-of-electoral.html. Http:/ newspaper-posts.blogspot.com/2009/06/bjp-imploding-part-iii-lack-of.html. Links to this post. The impor...
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Newspaper Posts: Is Terror a Political Problem?
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My take on the events happening around us. Thursday, December 18, 2008. Is Terror a Political Problem? Amir Ajmal Kasav. i am sure he did not bargain for the amount of publicity and diplomatic stalemate that he has generated. At 21, Ajmal Kasav today is the face of the global Jehadi. he might be linked to the Mumbai terror plot, but in essence he could be the same person in 9/11 or in any of the other terrorist attacks world over. What of Punjab and J&K? Lack of economic progress creates poverty and frus...
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Newspaper Posts: 08/28/09
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My take on the events happening around us. Friday, August 28, 2009. Delhi Commonwealth Games: A super fiasco in making (Part I). Earlier coverages in this blog:. Http:/ newspaper-posts.blogspot.com/2009/03/delhis-commonwealth-tamasha.html. Http:/ newspaper-posts.blogspot.com/2009/03/delhi-running-out-of-time-on.html. Key Games projects badly delayed: CAG. 1 Shastri Park tunnel corridor connecting east Delhi to north and northeast. 2 Elevated east-west corridor from east Delhi to CP. Links to this post.
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Newspaper Posts: 10/18/09
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My take on the events happening around us. Sunday, October 18, 2009. Http:/ timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/opinion/edit-page/Dictator-democracy/articleshow/5120815.cms. An article Re-print of Jug Suraiya's Dictator Democracy on the ToI. While the treatment of the subject is sarcastic and humorous, it asks a very sensitive question: Whether government decrees and force feed democrcay like the one in Maharashtra is in true spirit of democracy. India's political class and the successive governments that i...
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Newspaper Posts: Austerity Raj: Lessons from travelling Cattle Class
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My take on the events happening around us. Tuesday, September 22, 2009. Austerity Raj: Lessons from travelling Cattle Class. Stories about Sonia Gandhi and the Congress's austerity drive are all around and all over. Thanks to Tharoor's generous tweeting, the mesaure got more meia coverage than it deserved. Here's Jug Suraiya's sattirical take on the situation. Does it set and example, is as ineffective or doess it genuinely make a difference. Mayawati's political strategy is the mirror image of conspicuo...
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Newspaper Posts: Delhi's headed for a traffic grid-lock!
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My take on the events happening around us. Thursday, September 3, 2009. Delhi's headed for a traffic grid-lock! According to a 2008 RITES study on vehicular and traffic information around Delhi:. Since 1972, traffic has increased by a whopping 21 times while road space has risen just 3.7 times. 44% of stretches are carrying more vehicles than they were designed for, 19% more are on the verge of exceeding capacity. Peak hour speed is 22kmph and the off peak speed is 26kmph. Road widening is another critic...
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Newspaper Posts: 08/31/09
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My take on the events happening around us. Monday, August 31, 2009. Delhi Commonwealth Games: A super fiasco in making (Part III). Government flouted the 7 year international Norms. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Delhi Commonwealth Games: A super fiasco in making. Technology and Telecom Musings. The companies with the most leaders get the most results . would you agree? Office Presentations: Taming the Dragon. The Art of selling Business Ideas. Follow me on Twitter. Delhi, Delhi, India.
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Newspaper Posts: Dictator Democracy
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My take on the events happening around us. Sunday, October 18, 2009. Http:/ timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/opinion/edit-page/Dictator-democracy/articleshow/5120815.cms. An article Re-print of Jug Suraiya's Dictator Democracy on the ToI. While the treatment of the subject is sarcastic and humorous, it asks a very sensitive question: Whether government decrees and force feed democrcay like the one in Maharashtra is in true spirit of democracy. India's political class and the successive governments that i...
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Newspaper Posts: 09/03/09
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My take on the events happening around us. Thursday, September 3, 2009. Delhi's headed for a traffic grid-lock! According to a 2008 RITES study on vehicular and traffic information around Delhi:. Since 1972, traffic has increased by a whopping 21 times while road space has risen just 3.7 times. 44% of stretches are carrying more vehicles than they were designed for, 19% more are on the verge of exceeding capacity. Peak hour speed is 22kmph and the off peak speed is 26kmph. Road widening is another critic...
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Newspaper Posts: Taliban: Loosing its Social and Idealogical base
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My take on the events happening around us. Saturday, June 13, 2009. Taliban: Loosing its Social and Idealogical base. In an earlier post. Http:/ newspaper-posts.blogspot.com/2008/12/is-terror-political-problem.html. PESHAWAR, Pakistan - When the Taliban began filtering into Gul Khan Mehsud's town along the Afghan border nine years ago, residents offered food, shelter and ammunition. How could we turn them away? Instead, Mr. Mehsud was forced from his home in South Waziristan earlier this year after t...
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